Adorable animal snaps that will melt the hardest heart

Furry cute! Adorable animal snaps that will melt the hardest heart – from cubs strolling with mama bear to a chunky baby bunny

  • Social media users captured animals around the world looking utterly adorable  
  • Two bear cubs were snapped strolling behind their protective mother
  • In another snap a tiny baby bunny curled up in a ball on the ground   


From a baby bunny to a cheetah cub, these photos capture some of the most adorable animals from around the world. 

The snaps were taken by amateur and professional wildlife photographers, with the very best examples collated in an online gallery by Bored Panda. 

Highlights include a hedgehog cuddling with a toy hedgehog as he slept and two bear cubs strolling behind their mother.  

Another snap shows the sweetest looking hippo swimming around underwater and looking as if it couldn’t possibly be the owner of huge, strong teeth.

These happy little Quokkas that almost exclusively live on Rottnest Island, Australia, are perfectly happy snuggled up with a leaf

This lovely little pair of American stoats look like we've quite interrupted their stroll across the road and they'd like to get back to their business

This lovely little pair of American stoats look like we’ve quite interrupted their stroll across the road and they’d like to get back to their business

This tiny bunny in a garden deserve a prize for being this tiny and round, it's almost unbearable

This tiny bunny in a garden deserve a prize for being this tiny and round, it’s almost unbearable

These three Alaskan brown bears walking along the beach got their timing just right, and their bouncy little feet pads are wonderfully in sync

These three Alaskan brown bears walking along the beach got their timing just right, and their bouncy little feet pads are wonderfully in sync

An extremely rare sighting of the duck flower, only created when young ducks get a little chilly

An extremely rare sighting of the duck flower, only created when young ducks get a little chilly

This stunning little fawn resting on a carpet of purple flowers is quite simply astonishing to look at

This stunning little fawn resting on a carpet of purple flowers is quite simply astonishing to look at

A bowl of baby otters is perhaps the last thing most would expect to see but the soul needs what the soul needs

A bowl of baby otters is perhaps the last thing most would expect to see but the soul needs what the soul needs

This little Hippo is called Fiona and lives at the Cincinnati Zoo, her adorable face is inviting but she actually natures cutest ferocious animal

This little Hippo is called Fiona and lives at the Cincinnati Zoo, her adorable face is inviting but she actually natures cutest ferocious animal

A puppy named Marley and her bunny friend Beau chilled on a couch in Australia and absolutely no one was mad about it

A puppy named Marley and her bunny friend Beau chilled on a couch in Australia and absolutely no one was mad about it

This hungry little leopard gecko hungrily eyes up his next bug filled meal and we're very glad he chose to do that

This hungry little leopard gecko hungrily eyes up his next bug filled meal and we’re very glad he chose to do that

What could possibly be better than a hedgehog cuddling the toy version of himself? Absolutely nothing

What could possibly be better than a hedgehog cuddling the toy version of himself? Absolutely nothing

This is a baby tiger quoll, a marsupial native to eastern Australia, you probably haven't seen one before and you're probably obsessed with them now

This is a baby tiger quoll, a marsupial native to eastern Australia, you probably haven’t seen one before and you’re probably obsessed with them now

This big-eyed little bee is so tiny and cute, she surely would never think of stinging anyone, right?

This big-eyed little bee is so tiny and cute, she surely would never think of stinging anyone, right?

This little baby cheetah is staring right into our souls and sending us messages that it's incredibly cute

This little baby cheetah is staring right into our souls and sending us messages that it’s incredibly cute

This happy little hamster clearly wanted to have some attention and we'll gladly give it to them

This happy little hamster clearly wanted to have some attention and we’ll gladly give it to them

This sleep little branch fox from Vosges in France has found the perfect sleeping spot and looks so ridiculously cosy

This sleep little branch fox from Vosges in France has found the perfect sleeping spot and looks so ridiculously cosy

This tiny little US hummingbird who decided to take a seat on a garden chair is not only sweet but extremely brave considering a big human bottom could come along at any moment

This tiny little US hummingbird who decided to take a seat on a garden chair is not only sweet but extremely brave considering a big human bottom could come along at any moment

If this least tern hatchling from New Jersey doesn't inspire you to put your best foot forward then nothing will

If this least tern hatchling from New Jersey doesn’t inspire you to put your best foot forward then nothing will

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